This is the user's guide of the HEPiX X11 scripts, it tries to describe what a user can do to modify his X environment when using the HEPiX X11 scripts.
This is not an X user's guide. If you are not familiar with X, you can consult the ``Guide for the Usage of X Window at CERN'' or other sources of information.
With the version 3.x of the HEPiX scripts, an X11 package is provided to give a good default X environment that is easy to customise.
This document describes only what is specific to X11. It is complementary to the HEPiX scripts user's guide.
(all the files mentioned below should be located under $HOME/.hepix
)
If you want to have some X clients started automatically when you
log in, you should add them to the xclients
file.
If you want to modify the resources used by your X clients, you
should put them in the xresources
file.
If you want to modify the global behaviour of the X session, you
should set some major switches
in the xprofile
file.
If you want to play with the keyboard mapping, you can use the files
xkeyboard
(defining which keyboard name to use)
and xkbd.$HX_KEYBOARD
(defining which keymapping to perform).
You can also use $HOME/.BackSpace
or $HOME/.Delete
to change (only)
the behaviour of the "erase" key.
... you should always look at the X session log file
($HOME/.hepix/xsession.log
) to find out what went wrong.
If needed, you can start a "debug session" by pressing
F2
instead of Return
after typing your
password in the xdm
login panel. You will get more
information in the X session log file.
You can also start a "failsafe session" (i.e. only an
xterm
is started) by pressing F1
after your
password.
Lionel Cons, 18-Aug-1997